A person of interest is in custody in connection with a string of more than a half-dozen anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan in a single day — after he barricaded himself inside the New York Public Library in midtown, two law enforcement sources familiar with the matter said. The man was taken to the 7th precinct — the headquarters of the…
A person of interest is in custody in connection with a string of more than a half-dozen anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan in a one-day span
The man was taken to the 7th precinct -- the headquarters of the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force. His identity was not immediately releaseda half-dozen anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan in a single day The man was taken to the 7th precinct -- the headquarters of the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force. His identity was not immediately made public.
The first incident was reported that day at around 6:30 p.m. in the area of Madison Avenue and East 30 Street, police said. Allegedly an unknown man approached a 57-year-old Asian woman and struck her in the face with a closed fist without provocation before fleeing.
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